How to book train tickets online ?

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) provides the facility to book train tickets online. You can  book train tickets online through IRCTC website.

To book train tickets through IRCTC website, who have to first register with the website.

How to register with the IRCTC website ?

• Individual registration is FREE.
• Valid Mobile number and valid email id are mandatory to register as individual user.
• To register the following steps has to be followed :

1. Visit the IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in
2. Click on sign up link on home page (just below the login button)
3. Fill up the following details

4. After filling all the details Click the submit button

5. After clicking on submit button a pop up will appear as follows

6. If the entered email id and mobile number are correct click ok button to proceed further for registration.

7. Click on the “Accept” button to accept the terms and conditions of irctc.co.in . This completes your registration process.

Activation of your account

 1. After successful registration check your registered email for your user id, password and activation link also check your registered mobile for mobile verification code.

2. Click on the activation link received through mail or login through the user id and password received through mail. The page appears as follows

3. Enter your mobile verification code received through sms and click on submit button to activate your account.
First Click Here link : To get the mobile verification code if you have not received it earlier
Second Click Here link : To update your registered mobile number if you entered wrong mobile number at the time of registration

4. After clicking on update mobile number link, you can enter your correct mobile number and click on submit button to get mobile verification code again.
If you received multiple messages with different mobile verification codes, the recent verification code has to be used to activate your account

5. After successful activation of your account, you can change your password through ‘Change Password’ link or you can use the same password which is received through mail.

How to book e-ticket in the irctc.co.in website ?

1. After you successfully registered with the IRCTC website, login by entering your name and password.
2. The "Plan my travel" page appears.
3. Enter the station name in the From and To columns.
4. Select the date using the calendar
5. Select e-Ticket option.
6. Select the type of Quota

7.To find train list, click on "Find Trains" option.

8. The List of Trains show the number of trains available for that route. For example if you are travelling from New Delhi to  Chennai Central the list of trains on a particular date will appear as

9.  If you wish to know the route and the timings, click on the train name under the "List of Trains" option.

10. If you wish to know the train details and availability, click on the class in the train list.

For example, if one clicks on the Sleeper class in the GT Express, it will show the fare and availability as

11. To book tickets, click on "Book" button under availability option.

12.If you wish to select other train, click on "RESET" button

13. If you click on the “Book” button, Ticket reservation page appears; check whether the train name and the station names displayed on the top of the page are same as desired by you.

14. Enter the names of the Passengers, age, sex and berth preference for each Passenger.

The maximum length of names should be restricted to 15 characters.

If the Passenger is a senior citizen (60 years and above for male and 58 years and above for female) and wants to avail Senior Citizens' concession (40% of Base fare for male and 50% of base fare for female), click the box provided.

Senior citizens are requested to carry some proof of age in original during their journey.

A sample form is reproduced below. (The allotment of your required berth depends on the availability).

15. The ticket details, availability of tickets at the particular time and the fare, including the service charge, appear on the screen, along with the payment option Follow the instructions.

16. Click on the button "Make Payment" and a pop-up window will give the list of payment options. Please choose one of the mode of payment. Please click on the payment option below for help regarding the payment procedure through each of these options.

17.After successful payment and booking of accommodations, the User is shown the ticket confirmation details along with a “Print Reservation Slip” Button. On clicking the button ERS is shown with an option to print.

18. You can print if you have a printer attached to your system or you copy the ticket and paste it in a Word File and you can take a print out of it later.

The Electronic Reservation Slip or e-ticket will look like this.

How to obtain birth certificate (பிறப்புச் சான்றிதழ்) ? (Special reference to Tamil Nadu)

Birth Certificate

• A Birth certificate is one of the most import identity documents. If you possess this certificate you can benefit from entire gamut of services offered by Indian government to its citizens.
• It is the most authentic document that proofs someone’s birth place

Why it is necessary ?

Birth Certificate is necessary because it serves to establish the date and fact of one's birth for a whole range of purposes, like

1. acquiring the Right to Vote,

2. admission to Schools and to the Government Service,

3. claiming the Right to marry at the legally permissible age,

4. settlement of inheritance and property rights,

5. Obtaining Government-issued identity documents like a driving license or passport etc.,

What you need to do ?

• To apply for a Birth Certificate, you must first register the birth

Registration of birth

Whom to register with ?

• You have to report and register the birth of the child with the  concerned local authorities at the place of occurrence of birth within 21 days from the birth of the child

Who are the concerned local authorities ? or Whom to contact ?

Area / Place of birth	Birth Registers
Village Panchayat	Village Administrative Officer
Primary Health Care Centre	Health Inspector
Town Panchayat/ Corporation / Municipal Area	Sanitary Inspectors of the Division

How to register birth?

• Visit the office of the birth register at the place of birth (VAO office /Town Panchayat office /Municipal office/Corporation office) . For example, if your child is born in a hospital located in a Town panchayat area, you have to visit the concerned Town panchayat office.
• If your child born in primary health centre (PHC) of your village. Visit the PHC and approach health inspector.
• Collect the birth registration form (See: Sample of birth registration form).
• Fill the complete details in the birth registration form. Some important details include name of the child, date of birth, sex, place of birth. (So, name your child before  register his/her birth. Birth certificate will be issued on the name of your child)
• If the birth taken place in hospital/health care centre or maternity home or other like institution, you have to attach a certificate from the person or medical institution that conducted the delivery.
• When the Birth has taken place in a house, the head of the house or nearest relative of the head of the House or oldest person in the family has to report and register the birth.
• Submit the duly filled form to the birth register (VAO /Town Panchayat office /Municipal office/Corporation office)

Issue of birth certificate

• Birth certificate is issued after verification with actual records of the concerned hospital.
• Free copy of birth certificate is issued if you register the birth within 21 days  of occurrence of birth

Delayed registration

• If you have not registered within the 21 days from the date of birth. The procedure to be followed is as follows.

After expiry of 21 days but within 30 days	Registered on payment of a late registration fee
After thirty days of birth, but within one year	Registered only with the written permission of the Officer prescribed in this behalf and on payment of late registration fee
One year after the date of birth	Registered only on orders of the First Class Judicial Magistrate and on payment of a late registration fee

• If you are registering the death after 30 days of occurrence, but within one year, you need the written permission of the concerned officers. The concerned officers are as follows

Local authorities	Officers
Village Panchayat	Village Panchayat President
Corporation	Commissioner
Municipal Areas	Commissioner

Application for birth certificate

• If you require birth certificate at later date, you have to apply to the concerned local authority at the place of birth
• Collect the application form from the VAO office/Town Panchayat office/Municipal office/ Corporation office as the case may be. ( See: Model application form of birth certificate prescribed by Chennai corporation, Madurai corporation, Coimbatore corporation, Salem Municipal corporation)
• Fill the application form giving all the details like name of your child, date of birth, place of birth, hospital address, your residential address at the time of your child birth.
• Pay the requisite fee
• Submit the application form in the VAO office/Town Panchayat office/Municipal office/ Corporation office.

How to get Legal Heir Certificate ? (Tamil Nadu)

Who can apply ?

If a head of the family or any family member expires, the next direct legal heir of the deceased such as wife/husband/son/daughter/mother can apply for legal-heirship certificate.

Why it is necessary ?

It is required for following purposes

• If the person who died is a Government servant, legal heir certificate is required for sanction of family pension, and for getting appointment on compassionate grounds.
• Receiving Government dues such as Government. Provident Fund, Gratuity and arrear salaries of the deceased employee of the State and Central Government
• The legal-heirship certificate required for the purpose of  transferring bank account, electricity connection, telephone connection, house tax etc.,
• Receiving non-statutory ex-gratia payment

Steps to be followed:

1. Obtain death certificate of the deceased (How to obtain death certificate)
2. Visit your concerned Tahsildar office and get the application form for legal heirship certificate (See: Model legal heirship application form of Tamil Nadu)
3. Duly fill the application form and affix Rs.2 court-fee stamp on the application form.
4. Attach the following documents along with application form
• Xerox copy of the first and last page of the ration card
• Original Death certificate
• Pension payment slip of the deceased in case of a pensioner (issued by the office of Accountant General).
• Service certificate of the deceased in case of serving employee (issued by the head of office / department).
5. Submit the duly filled application form with supporting documents in the Tahsildar office
6. Based on the report of the Village Administrative Officer and Revenue Inspector and after due enquiry, this certificate will be issued by the Tahsildar mentioning the names of all legal heirs of the deceased.

How to open a Savings Bank Account ?

Savings account is the one of the most popular accounts operated by individuals. It provides flexibility for deposit and withdrawal of money from the account. This article explains the steps to be followed while opening a Savings Bank account.

 

1. Collection of necessary documents

For opening a bank account following documents are needed

• Address proof – Ration card/ Electricity bill/ Telephone bill etc.,
• Identity proof – Voter ID / PAN card / Driving License / Passport /Photo identity card issued to bona fide students of universities/Institutes approved by UGC/AICTE.
• Along with original address proof and identity proof, take two photocopies of each (You have to attach the photo copies with the account opening form)
• Recently taken two passport size photographs

2 Approach your bank of choice

Visit the nearest branch of the bank of your choice. Meet the bank officer for opening of the account. The officer will provide you the account opening form. (See: Model account opening form of State Bank of India)

3. Fill up the account opening form

Duly fill the all the columns like personal details, address, additional details, identification details. Put your signature wherever required. You can also give options for ATM-cum-Debit card, internet banking and mobile banking.

4. Give references/introducer  for opening your account

Banks require references or introducer for you by any of the existing account holder of that bank. The introducer introduce you and confirm your identity and address by signing his specimen signature. You can request your relatives or friends who are already having an account in that bank to introduce you.

5. Submission of account opening form

Submit the duly filled account opening form along with supporting documents like photo copies of your identity proof and address proof.

6. Verification of your form

The bank officer will verify your account opening form for its completeness. He will also verify your supporting documents. If he is satisfied, he will clear your proposal form.

7. Deposition of amount

After getting your proposal form cleared, you have to deposit a necessary amount. After that the bank will issue passbook to you.

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How to obtain death certificate ? (Special reference to Tamil Nadu)

Death Certificate

• A death certificate is a document, issued by the Government to the nearest relatives of the deceased, stating the date, fact and cause of death.

Need of death certificate

• It is essential to prove the time and date of death
• To establish the fact of death for relieving the individual from social, legal and official obligations,
• To enable settlement of property inheritance,
• To authorise the family to collect insurance and other benefits

What you need to do ?

• To apply for a Death Certificate, you must first register the death.

Registration of death

• The death has to be registered with the concerned local authorities within 21 days of its occurrence, by filling up the form prescribed by the Registrar. (See: Sample of death registration form)
• Death registration is to be done at the place of occurrence. For example, if your relative was residing in Chennai but he/she died in Coimbatore, then you have to register the death in Coimbatore.
• The death registrars in the local bodies are as follows

Area	Death Registrars
Village Panchayats	Village Administrative Officers
Town Panchayats	Sanitary Inspectors / Executive Officers
Corporation / Municipal Areas	Sanitary Inspectors of the Division
Plantations / Estates	Estate Manger / Plantation Manager

• If the death occured in house, it can be reported and registered by the head of the family or the nearest relative of the head present in the house, or the oldest adult male person.
• One has to report the death to the concerned local authority in the prescribed form. If you report orally, the registrar will enter the information in the appropriate reporting form and get your signature or thumb impression. You may have to furnish receipt from crematorium or burial ground.
• If it occured in a hospital, along with the reporting form you have to attach a cause of death certificate from a person or medical officer who treated the patient.
• If the death occured in house, it can be reported and registered by the head of the family or the nearest relative of the head present in the house, or the oldest adult male person 

Delayed Registration

After  expiry of 21 days of occurrence but within 30 days	Registered on payment of a late-fee of Rs.2/- (Rupees two only)
After thirty days of occurrence, but within one year	Registered only with the written permission of the Officer prescribed in this behalf and on payment of late-fee Rs.5/- (Rupees five only).
Not been reported within one year of its occurrance	registered only on orders of the First Class Judicial Magistrate and on payment of a late-fee of Rs.10/- (Rupees ten only)

• If you are registering the death after 30 days of occurence, but within one year, you need the written permission of the concerned officers. The concerned officers are as follows

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Application for death certificate

• If you report the death within 21 days of occurence, you can obtain free copy of the death certificate/extract after verification.
• If you require a death certificate at a later date, you have to apply in the prescribed form. You have to furnish details like name of the person, age, date of death, place of death, residential address at the time of death ( See : Format of application prescribed by Corporation of Chennai ). Submit the filled form and obtain the acknowledgement.
• In rural areas, on has to apply for the Death Certificate in the Taluk Office, within two years of death and thereafter it has to be applied in the Sub-Registrar’s office
• In Town/ Municipal areas, one has to apply in the respective Town/ Municipal Office.
• You has to fix a court fee stamp of Rs 2 in the application form.

How to get OBC - Non Creamy-Layer Certificate

OBC Non Creamy-Layer Certificate                           

Process to obtain Non-Creamy Layer/Caste Certificate (In Rural Area, In urban area the procedure is similar)

Option #1: Claim OBC Certificate and then Non Creamy-Layer Certificate

A) Get Documents From TALATHI Office (Village Administrative Officer)

Visit to local TALATHI office and get following two forms

§  Income form (Claim form for Income Certificate)

§  Domicile Form (Rahiwashi Dakhala) ( Claim Form for Domicile certificate From Talathi Office)

§  Fill the form and submit the same to TALATHI office along with following two document proofs. Get the stamp and signature on that Certificate. ( Domicile certificate - From Talathi Office , Income Certificate - From Talathi Office)

Document proof

§  Father’s/Mother’s income certificate from the office. (Father/Mother, whoever is the earning member of the family. This is used to show that your parents yearly income is less than 2.5 lkhs

§  Ration Card Xerox or Voting Card. This will provide proof that you are staying at the current residence

§  Using the signed and stamped certificates, visit TAHASILDAR office.

B) Get Forms From TAHASILDAR Office

§  Form to claim Caste Certificate. (OBC-Caste Certificate Claim Form)

§  Fill the form, attach Rs. 5 Stamp on it (Stamps are available in the TAHASILDAR office) and attach following documents

1.   Get the affidavit/Declaration form stamped from outside the Tahasildar office or prepare it yourself.

§  The form is been typed and stamped by the people sitting outside the Tahasildar office.

§  The affidavit contains your name, age, address along with the other information

§  The document also contain a Family tree - Containing the name of the Person who claims for the caste certificate, and other family members who have/has caste certificate

2.   Show the Original caste certificate(Attach Xerox of it), using which you are claiming your caste certificate (For e.g. If you are using your uncle’s caste certificate to get yours then display the original caste certificate of your uncle to Tahasildar office while submitting the form.)

§  Xerox of your Birth Certificate

§  Xerox of Ration Card or Domicile Certificate  (Rahiwashi Dakhala)

§  Xerox of School leaving certificate

Ideally it should take 15 days to get the caste certificate after submitting the form

c) Apply Non Creamy-Layer Certificate

§  Once the caste certificate is available, fill the Non Creamy-Layer form

§  Fill the form to claim Non Creamy-Layer certificate .(OBC-Creamy Layer Certificate Form)

§  Attach Rs. 5 Stamp on it (Stamps are available in the Tahasildar office) and submit the same along with the following documents

1. From Talathi office, get the Domicile certificate (Rahiwasi dakhalaa)

2. Get the Photograph done from Tahasildar office of a person who is claiming the Non-Creamy Layer certificate

Submit The form and get the certificate after 15 days

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Option #2: Claim Non Creamy-Layer Certificate

§  Get Documents From TALATHI Office (Same as #A)

§  Apply Non Creamy-Layer Certificate (Same as #C)

§  Get the form from TAHASILDAR Office: form to claim Non Creamy-Layer certificate.(OBC-Creamy Layer Certificate Form - Pg.1, Pg.2)

§  Attach Rs. 5 Stamp on it (Stamps are available in the Tahasildar office) and submit the same along with the following documentsa.

1.      From Talathi office, get the Domicile certificate (Rahiwasi dakhalaa)

2.      Get the Photograph done from Tahasildar office of a person who is claiming the Non-Creamy Layer certificate

Submit The form and get the Non Creamy-Layer Certificate after 15 days

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